of a sort

O o

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uhv, ov ey sawrt]
- /ʌv, ɒv eɪ sɔrt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uhv, ov ey sawrt]
- /ʌv, ɒv eɪ sɔrt/

Definitions of of a sort words

noun of a sort a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort. 1
noun of a sort character, quality, or nature: young people of a nice sort. 1
noun of a sort an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet. 1
noun of a sort manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes. 1
noun of a sort Printing. any of the individual characters making up a font of type. characters of a particular font that are rarely used. 1
noun of a sort an instance of sorting. 1

See all 16 definitions of of a sort

Information block about the term

Origin of of a sort

First appearance:

before 1200

One of the 9% oldest English words

1200-50; (noun) Middle English < Middle French sorte < Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors) kind, allotted status or portion, lot, Latin: orig., voter's lot; (v.) Middle English sorten to allot, arrange, assort (< Middle French sortir) < Latin sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Of a sort

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Of a sort

of a sort popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

of a sort usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer